Christ in Song 584
Ye Christian Heralds!
Words: Samuel F. SmithMusic: Lowell Mason
1Ye Christian heralds! go, proclaim Salvation through Emmanuel's name; To distant climes the tidings bear, And plant the Rose of Sharon there.
2God shield you with a wall of fire, With flaming zeal your hearts inspire, Bid raging winds their fury cease, And hush the tempest into peace.
3And when our labors all are o'er, Then may we meet to part no more; Meet, with the blood-bought throng to fall, And crown our Jesus Lord of all.
- Words
- Samuel F. Smith
- Music
- Lowell Mason
- Scripture
- Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15
The verse
- Meter
- 33
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 48% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- A
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Verse 1
Ye Christian heralds! go, proclaim Salvation through Emmanuel's name; To distant climes the tidings bear, And plant the Rose of Sharon there.//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/33A
Verse 2
God shield you with a wall of fire, With flaming zeal your hearts inspire, Bid raging winds their fury cease, And hush the tempest into peace.//˘˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/////˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/33A
Verse 3
And when our labors all are o'er, Then may we meet to part no more; Meet, with the blood-bought throng to fall, And crown our Jesus Lord of all.˘//˘/˘/˘//˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘??/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/34A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.